Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been discovered in Newbie CMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Newbie CMS Authentication Security Bypass
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38743
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/38743/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Newbie CMS, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the authentication
mechanism in admin/index.php, which can be exploited to bypass the
authentication mechanism by setting the "nb_logged" cookie to an
arbitrary value.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.03. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the admin folder (e.g. via .htaccess).
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
JIKO
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